Francesca Beard and Mark Gwynne Jones rev themselves up for some stand up poetry at Bang Said the Gun at The Roebuck (8pm, £5).

Chill Pill, hosted by Deanna Rodger and Raymond Antrobus, is at the Albany tonight. At the time of writing the Albany's website was playing up so we can't fish out more details – see if you have more luck.

English PEN are hosting a day of contemporary Chinese literature at the Free Word Centre (from 9.30am).

Tuesday: Publishers-with-a-difference Unbound host a night of authors trying to convince you to pledge for their book. Last time out they had Kate Mosse and Tibor Fischer turning up (6.30pm, £20; ticket includes a £10 pledge for your author of choice).